Ajit Swaran Singh

Ajit Swaran Singh

Dr Ajit Swaran Singh became the first Fiji-born Indian to be appointed to the District Court Bench in New Zealand when he was sworn in as a judge in Manukau on 4 November 2002. He joined Wellington based Ombudsman Judge Anand Satyanand (now the Governor-General) whose parents are of Fiji Indian descent, and Judge Avinash Deo Bhakta, of the Auckland District Court, who is an Indian from Uganda, as judges of New Zealand who are of Indian origin.

Judge Singh was also the first to be sworn into the high office on the Guru Granth Sahib, the Holy Book of the Sikh community. He was accorded the traditional Maori welcome by the ‘Tangata Whenua’. Judge Singh is the son of Sardar Swaran Singh, and nephew of the late Sarvan Singh, a well known lawyer and Member of Parliament in Fiji.

References

* [http://www.theindian.co.nz/testing/default.asp?page=306 The Indian – Indian judge takes office in Auckland]
* [http://online.gazette.govt.nz/MSOS118/On-Line/NZGazette.nsf/6cee7698a9bbc7cfcc256d510059ed0b/941ea2dda4b0d4c0cc256d2700112a5d?OpenDocument New Zealand Gazette, 07 November 2002: Appointment of Ajit Swaran Singh, barrister and notary public of Auckland, to be a District Court Judge (announcement dated October 22, 2002)]


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